Press Release: Industrial pollution: even more information for the public

The first internet-based register of industrial emissions to air and water was launched by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency in February 2004. The register has been a huge success with more than 100,000 visitors in its first three months. The Commission is now proposing to make it an even more comprehensive register, by upgrading it to a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). The European PRTR will provide more data and better information: it will cover more pollutants, more industrial sources, more types of emissions and will be updated every year. This should make it even more useful for all its users - including the public, which has made extensive use of the first register.

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European Commission: Memo: MEMO/04/234 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/04/234&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Pollutant Emission Register: EPER Review Report 2004 http://www.eper.cec.eu.int/eper/documents/EPER%20Review%20report,%20final.pdf

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